Well it finally happened, my HDTV decided it wanted to relive the 1950’s and now has one of the finest black and white pictures ever. Actually I should say it had one of the finest Black and White pictures until the following happened:
- I read how easy it is to replace a color wheel “on the internet”
- Called the TV manufacture who also said it was easy to replace.
- Dateline – Turkey Eve- the part arrives and I decide to perform surgery on the tv.
Needless to say it didn’t go so well. I now have what was a $3500 TV less then 3 years ago collecting dust. Sammy The 2nd, the name given to my HDTV, really it’s just like one of those cabbage patch kids…my TV came with a birth certificate, name and born on date. At my house we celebrate my kids birthdays and Sammy’ The 2nd born on date.
It was 1:10am on Thanksgiving day when I officially gave-up. I knew Thanksgiving football would be watched on one of series of left over 20 inch TV’s from the picture tube era. Should I replace Sammy 2nd or should I brave BlackFriday, that was the question of the day. After trying to turn the TV on one more time, I was hoping for one of those Macy’s day parade miracles, I was forced to confess to the wifey that I should’ve just hired a repairman and that I might have lost Sammy The 2nd.
Anyway I picked up Sunday’s paper on Thursday and started reviewing all the ads for TV’s. I figured I would be cheap and just pick up an inexpensive replacement on BlackFriday, well I found a bunch of TV’s at low prices, or as Wal-Mart would say “dropping prices.” The issue is most of the Ads are for HDTV’s a little bigger then my computer monitor.
The 2008 Ads for HDTV’s have all the glitz and glamour of years past but once again the trend was on small HDTV’s at affordable prices. Did you know that one of the larger retailers had a local ad for 32inc TV’s ranging from $299 to $599. However for mid size TV’s 37 to 42 inch in size I did not see any real incredible savings. I think it would be very interesting to compare 2007 and 2008 BlackFriday ads for TV’s as I wonder if the cost per inch has come down at all for 42 inch TV’s?
At the end of the day my situation remains unresolved as I’m waiting to hear back from a TV repairman. The hope is he can pump some life back into Sammy the 2nd and at a cost significantly less then that of a new HDTV.
Dave Dabbah
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